Mechanism for converting motion



(N0 ModeL) D. D., G. L. & G. W. WILEY.

M OEANISM FOR OONVEETINO MOTION.

Patented Apr. 7, 1885.

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BY ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. Pholo-Lnhognpher. Wnhingtou. D.C.

'NITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL D. WILEY, GEORGE L. WILEY, AND CHARLES W. VVILEYfOFLANARIL'ILLINOIS. I

MECHANISM FOR CONVERTING MOTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,364, dated April 7,1885.

Application filed September 26, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL D. WILEY,

GEORGE L. WILEY, and CHARLES W. WILEY, all of Lanark, in the county ofCarroll and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedMechanism for Converting Motion, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Our improved mechanism is especially intended for use with windmills forconverting the reciprocating motion of the pump-rod into rotary motionfor operating churns, grindstones, hay and straw cutters, and otherInachines. The special object of the invention is to provide simple andeffective mechanism for that purpose, and also to equalize the irregu:lar speed and power of the windmill-rod, for which purposes we make useof the combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed. a

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification,in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly sectional, of the improvedmechanism. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is adetail View.

A represents the reciprocating rod of a windmill, and B is a wheel on ashaft that is supported in bearings on a suitable frame adjacent to rodA. The wheel B is formed internally with ratchet-teeth of thewidth ofabout half its inner face, the rest of the face being smooth.

O O are arms loose on shaft a, and provided on their outer ends Withpawls b for engagement with theratchet-teeth of the Wheel.

' d are bent springs attached on pawls b, and bent so as to bear on theplain face of the wheel at the side of the ratchet-teeth, whereby whenthe arms O move in one direction the springs are compressed and forcethe pawls into engagement; butwhen the movement is reversed the springsare raised by their contactwith the wheel and move the pawls back (Nomodel.)

free from the teeth. This insures a noiseless movement.

6 and f are two cogged segments pivoted on studs so as to gear together.rod A is connected by a crank-pin at h to the larger segmente, and at'1; on segment f is connected a rod or slide, k, that is fitted forreciprocation in suitable guides. Z Z are rods jointed to a boss, m, onslide it, and connected The pumpg to the pawl-arms O. The relativearrangement of the connections h z is such that when the rod A is at theextremes of movement, or at dead-centers, the slide is is midway betweenits extremes, consequently the slide is moves most rapidly at the timethe rod A is moving slow1y,and the irregular motion of the pumprod A isthus equalized in its transfer to wheel B. By making the segment elarger than seg:

ment f the speed of the latter is increased,

thereby giving two strokes of the slide to one Z, on a shaft, 8, whichis geared to a second shaft, m, carrying a balance-wheel, n, so as,

to increase the speed and insure steady moi tion. On the belt is atightener, 0, balanced by a suspended stirrup, p, and weight.

The connecting-rods from the pawl'arms may go directly to the pump-rod Awhen the equalizer is not required.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination,with the wheel 13, pro vided on its interior with ratchet-teeth and aplain surface, of the arms 0, pawls b, and the springs d, secured at oneend to the pawls and bearing at the opposite end on the plain part ofthe wheel, as shown, whereby the ac tion of the pawls will be noiselessin their I slide 7r, rods Z, arms 0, pawls b, and ratchet- Wheel B,substantially as described, fOI operabackward movement, as described.

2. The equalizing-gear, consisting of the segments f e, connected,respectively, to the re- 5 eiprocating rod 'A and slide 7c, combinedwith the said rod and slide and connections from the slide to aratohet-wheel, substantially as described.

3. The combination of rod A, gearing f 6,

tion, as specified.

DANIEL D. WILEY. GEORGE L. W'ILEY. CHARLES W. \VILEY. Witnesses:

J. L. WILsoN, D. W. DAME.

